CELEBRATING 90 YEARS
+ ANTICIPATING 100
In the midst of all else, 2020 marked the Museum’s 90th year as an institution. Rather than sorting out a way to celebrate this milestone mid-pandemic, we found ourselves contemplating our Centennial in 2030, when there will most certainly be a celebration to end all others! Aside from all the jubilation, however, we wonder: If we continue to plan our work and work our plan, who will we be at 100? Audaciously, we envision the following. Widely regarded across the River Region as a trusted cultural center, Museum visitation continues to grow year after year, getting evernearer to the 250,000/year mark. Our exhibitions continue to pack ‘em in, as do our large-scale annual events. Participants who first find their way to the Museum because of an exhibition or event now return regularly to participate in our ongoing programs for youth and adults, and visitors of all ages continue to flock to our recently-reinvigorated ArtWorks—its interactive spaces, studios, and galleries. Entire grade levels from public school systems around the Region experience a museum visit that connects to and enhances core curricula. Travelers visiting Montgomery as part of their Civil Rights pilgrimages include the Museum as a mustsee destination in their itineraries. Together, the local community as a whole contributes to the Museum’s full value from our unique upbringings and individual perspectives. We are black and brown and white. While some of us have grown-up as museum-goers, others are just learning how to museum. Regardless, we are all home here at the MMFA. Some of us make art while some of us do not, yet we all value the 18
Top: Cappy Thompson (American, born 1952), Stars Falling on Alabama: We Are Enraptured by the Celestial Fireworks of the Muses (detail), 2005, vitreous enamel on glass, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association Commission, 2006.2 Bottom: Photograph of a Botanical Art workshop. Opposite Top: Photograph of MPS students in the galleries. Opposite Top: Photograph of Art After 5 participants enjoying yoga led by Breezeville Yoga in the Caddell Sculpture Garden.
